A formal social device for reducing risk by transferring the risks of several individual entities to an Insurer. The Insurer agrees, for a consideration, to assume, to a specified extent, the losses suffered by the Insured.
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(1) Insurance on the life or health of a key employee, the loss of whose services would cause an employer financial loss. The policy is owned by and payable to the employer. (2) In Health Insurance the term is also used to designate Salary Continuation Insurance or a medical benefit plan payable to the key employee himself, with the employer paying all or part of the premium.